Author: ECC ILA/ACRL

August Professional Development Opportunities
Here are the August 2024 professional development opportunities both free and paid opportunities!

If you know of webinars, classes, conferences, publishing opportunities, etc. that would be of interest to fellow Iowa library folks, please pass it along to one of us on the ILA/ACRL Professional Development Committee.

More information about the organization can be found on the ILA/ACRL Website.

Sarah Slaughter
Laura Kerr
Liz Riordan
Sarah Voels

Free Opportunities

ACRL Presents Webinars and Online Discussion Forums

ACRL PPIRS News Media Literacy Webinar + Discussion – Aug. 14, 2024

Archive

Choice-ACRL

Why can’t I just Google it? – Aug. 6, 2024

Archive

Georgia Library Association – Carterette Series Webinars

3 Must Haves for New Hire Training – Aug. 7, 2024

Archive

NNLM (selected)

Open Tools for Data Deidentification – Aug. 6, 2024

Understanding Data Discovery and Sharing Infrastructure and Leveraging it for Your Benefit – Aug. 6, 2024

Collection Development and Reference Strategies for Sexual and Reproductive Health Information – Aug. 14, 2024

ClinicalTrials.gov for Librarians – Aug. 20, 2024

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OCLC (selected)

Exploring Shared Print Analysis With Choreo Insights – Aug. 8, 2024

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On-demand webinars

Paid Opportunities

Amigos Library Services

Core Webinars

Infopeople

Library Juice Academy

Preserve This

RUSA

Upcoming Conferences

2024 WAAL Online Conference – Aug. 7, 2024

Iowa Library Association 2024 Conference – Oct. 9-11, 2024 – Des Moines, IA

IRDL Online Research Conference – Nov. 18-19, 2024
August 22, 2024
ILA/ACRL Scholarship Opportunity for the ILA Annual Conference

The Awards Committee of ILA/ACRL announces the availability of a scholarship to attend the Iowa Library Association Annual Conference on October 9-11, 2024 in Des Moines, IA. The scholarship will cover the registration fee and up to $150 in travel, hotel, and meal expenses.

Applicants must fall into at least one of the following three categories:

1) Paid members of ILA/ACRL, working full-time in an Iowa academic or research library, and either: attending their first Iowa Library Association Conference, or have worked in an Iowa academic or research library for fewer than three years.

2) Library science students.

3) Support staff working in an Iowa academic or research library (part-time or full-time).

Student and support staff applicants do not have to be paid members of ILA/ACRL. Previous ILA Fall Conference scholarship recipients are NOT eligible.

Please submit the application form, including an essay no longer than 250 words, describing your interest in the scholarship and how you believe the scholarship will benefit your professional development. The scholarship recipient will be selected by the Awards Committee based on the quality of the essay.

The deadline to submit an application is September 4, 2024. The selected recipient will be notified by September 16, 2024. Please contact ILA/ACRL Awards Committee Chair Laurie Neuerburg with questions.

More information about the organization can be found on the ILA/ACRL Website.

July 11, 2024
July Professional Development Opportunities
Here are the July 2024 professional development opportunities both free and paid opportunities!

If you know of webinars, classes, conferences, publishing opportunities, etc. that would be of interest to fellow Iowa library folks, please pass it along to one of us on the ILA/ACRL Professional Development Committee.

More information about the organization can be found on the ILA/ACRL Website.

Sarah Slaughter
Laura Kerr
Liz Riordan
Sarah Voels

Free Opportunities

Webinars:

Georgia Library Association: BookTube, Bookstagram, and BookTok, Oh My: Understanding the Online “Bookaverse” as Tools for Professional Development July 10^th 1:00pm’

E-forums

ACRL ANSS Criminal Justice/Criminology DG & Instruction and Information Literacy Committee: Cracking the Case: Unpacking the Draft Information Literacy Framework for Criminal Justice July 8^th 1:00pm

ACRL DSS PDC: Digital Scholarship Section Lightning Talk Extravaganza July 10^th 1:00pm

ACRL ULS Professional Development Committee: Librarians as Instructors for Credit-Bearing Classes – A Path Forward for Public Services? July 15^th 1:00pm

ACRL RBMS Security Committee: Intro to Cybersecurity July 14th 1:00pm

Fee-Based Opportunities

Webinars:

ACRL: Digital Preservation – Foundations and Theory Wednesday July 24 1:00pm-2:00pm’

ACRL: Exploring AI with Critical Information Literacy – July 15 – August 9, 2024

Best of Core Forum: Organizing for Open; Aligning Organizational Structures with Open Values July 9, 2024, 1:00 -2:00 pm CDT

Online Courses:

CORE:

Fundamentals of Cataloging (FOC) July 8^th-August 16th

InfoPeople:

Creating and Retrieving Linked Data: Connecting Your Library Collections to the World July 23^rd– September 2^nd

RUSA:

Who Manages, Who Leads: Part Two: Mentor, Progress, Succeed, Lead JULY 15 – AUGUST 12, 2024

Upcoming Conference

The Institute for Research Design in Librarianship November 18^th-19^th 2024 via Zoom Call for proposals by July 31st
July 10, 2024